Parents of missing Iowa cousins to kidnapper: 'Be a hero'

11:46 AM,
Nov. 13, 2012

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Emily Schettler
The Des Moines Register

The parents of two missing Iowa cousins have reached out to the person who took their children, asking them to "be a hero" and return Elizabeth Collins, now 9, and Lyric Cook-Morrissey, now 11, to their families.

The girls' parents, Drew and Heather Collins, Dan Morrissey and Misty Cook-Morrissey submitted the letter to the Waterloo-Courier on the four-month mark of the girls' disappearance.

"Taking the girls from us has caused much pain, pain for them, pain for us and our families," the parents wrote. "We want you to know that ...